To Do List: Virtual Edition
Due to COVID-19 and the shuttering of museums across the country, we have compiled this list of upcoming virtual tours, online discussions, Instagram Live Q&As, and other digital events and resources.
May 19 @ 5pm (EST) – Hard Truths with Chen and Lampert, Dana Kopel, discussing unions at museums, and what the future of museums could be after COVID-19.
May 20 – June 10 — New Art Dealers Alliance FAIR
May 20 @ Noon (EST) — FRKO and Black Science Fiction on Instagram Live
May 20 @ 7:30pm (CST) – Crystal Bridges Digital Talk : State of the Art – Aesthetics of Place. Allison Glenn, associate curator, contemporary art at Crystal Bridges, along with State of the Art 2020 featured artists L. Kasimu Harris, Edra Soto, and Didier William will discuss the aesthetics of place. How do artists map relationships between places, people, power, and time?
May 21 @ 2 pm (EST) — Aria Dean and Asad Raza on Instagram Live
May 21 @ 7pm (CST) – Seph Rodney and Lissa Jones In Conversation at the Walker Art Center. The conversation will focus around Seph Rodney’s 2019 book The Personalization of the Museum Visit, which examines recent shifts in museum management toward a model of public engagement and visitor personalization.
May 29 – Shlooewp Solutions Instagram performance, Q+A, and zine discussion. Duo Shlooewp have created a zine and performance around their exhibition which had to close early at Camayhus due to COVID-19. Zines are available for purchase through their Instagram.
Q&As / Instagram Live Broadcasts
Postcards from the Pandemic : Instagram Live @ Marcia Wood Gallery Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3:00 EST (unless otherwise posted)
Tours, Exhibits and Videos
Virtual Tours weekly through current exhibits and in depth discussions on pieces from the collection at Crystal Bridges
Cheekwood is providing on-going garden tours on Instagram Live
Question Everything! The Women of Black Mountain College @ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center can be viewed digitally and has been extended through August 15th at the museum
Frist Art Museum presents We Count: First Time Voters, in honor of the 100th anniversary of sufferage
Studio Visits on the High Museum of Art’s video channel
Light in the Attic: A collection of podcasts, videos, interviews, and images from the Nasher archive
Collection Stories: A Video Series from the High Museum of Art (ongoing)
SCAD Museum of Art and SCAD Museum of Fashion + Film Video Resources:
Derrick Adams’ Patrick Kelly, The Journey
Raúl de Nieves Reemerge the zero begins your life, eternal is your light
Kenturah Davis Everything that cannot be known
Birmingham Museum of Art has created a series of videos with curators and directors discussing various pieces in the collection, along with art making activities.
Georgia Museum of Art uploads tours, museum insights, and more, every week.
LSU Museum of Art uploads tours, conversations and more every week.
NOMA is exploring a different theme from their collection each week.
If you would like to have your upcoming event considered for this list, please email events@burnaway.org
